 First Brown In 2005: Muddler Magic
Posted by greg on May 05, 2005
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April 1st of this fishing season, I stood in 40 degree water, wondering when the first Brown would take my fly. In previous seasons it has been during the month of April. This year it was today, May 5th, but it was my first of the season and on a 4 wt 6' rod it felt good. He was 17" and a healthy fish. A friend of mine, Chuck Taylor, gave me a muddler he had tied and that was the magic fly. I had exhausted all the usual suspects, ie, stones, wooly buggers, weighted emergers etc. I had a few hits but they seemed like short strikes and I could not set a hook or perhaps my reflex had slowed. I must have found my groove again cause I set the hook
on him like a hobo on a ham sandwich.
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Re: First Brown In 2005: Muddler Magic
by patm on May 06, 2005 http://www.yankeeford.com | Nice Fish Greg, I have yet to get my first fish of the spring and with the forecast of more rain sounds like the river and streams will blow out again this weekend. Back to pond fishing I guess.
Congrats.
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Re: First Brown In 2005: Muddler Magic
by jeremy on May 06, 2005 http://www.fliesandfins.com | | nice fish greg....i thought you might not get your annual spring brown....that's 3 years in a row...sweet. |
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Re: First Brown In 2005: Muddler Magic
by RickW on May 06, 2005 | "Like a Hobo on a ham sammich" LOL
Nice Fish Greg! |
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